Photoplays, Novelizations and Movie Tie-Ins

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Laurents, ArthurThe Way We Were & Several Other Arthur Laurents Items.NY Harper & Row 1972. 060135514 vg+/vg+/ spot. to top edge. Literary agent rubb stamp endsheet. sun fading to the spine panel. Laurent's romantic novel later made into a very successful film that starred Barbra Streisand & Robert Redford. 1st ed. Binding is bds.cl.w.dj. Also included is a hardcover copy in dustjacket for Laurent's novel "The Turning Point." This is the book club edition, and is the only hardcover edition published. The novel is based on his screenplay and is illustrated with 16pgs. of b&w stills from the popular and well received movie about the ballet world that received 11 Oscar nominations including one for the director of the film Herbert Ross. LAID IN THE BOOK IS A SMALL PIECE OF BLUE PAPER THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY HERBERT ROSS. Auction stamp on front pastedown, ink date written on the top edge of the endsheet, some minute creasing and chipping to the dustjacket and a few minor tiny creases to a few corners. Vg/vg. Also included is a Book Club Edition of "The Time Of The Cuckoo" Arthur Laurent's comedy about a spinster traveling in Venice, and finding romance. Published in 1953 by Random House this is a hardcover copy with dustjacket. The play starred Shirley Booth and was filmed in 1955 by David Lean with Katharine Hepburn starring. 1 interior photo + photo on the cloth. Some shallow chipping to the edge, and small pieces missing from the top of the back panel. Former owner's signature on pastedown, and light offsetting to the gutters due to glue. Fine/vg. Also included is a first day issue William Faulkner stamp on an envelope that has BEEN SIGNED IN INK BY ARTHUR LAURENTS. Also included is a copy of Theatre Arts Magazine from January 1962 which includes the complete play of Laurents's INVITATION TO A MARCH. Sold as a collection only
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150.00 USD

Leonard, ElmoreMr. MajestykNew York Dell Pub. 1974 1st Printing Paperback Early Leonard action novel that became a Charles Bronson movie, who is pictured on the front cover. Tiny spot to top edge and small scrape to back cover. Vg.
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25.00 USD

Leonard, ElmoreValdez Is Coming.New York Gold Medal 1970 Paperback Original Paperback Early Leonard western that was filmed with Burt Lancaster in the lead. Artwork on the front cover & small photo of Lancaster on the back. Tiny touch of ink staining to back, & very light faint ink stain to the front. Vg.
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30.00 USD

Marriott,JohnBatman, The Official Book Of The MovieNY Bantam Books 1989. 0553348086 / 9780553348088 fine. Attractive full color book on the making of the 1st big budget Batman movie dir. by the talented Tim Burton. Laid in is a nice color invitation for showing of Batman & Robin. 2nd print. edition. Binding is oversz. paper.
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15.00 USD

Naha, EdThe Making Of DuneCA. Berkley Books 1984 0425073769 / 9780425073766 Paper Original Large Paper Detailed story of the making of David Lynch's failed epic & the aftermath. Interviews & over 100 b&w photos & stills. 1 tiny corner crease to the bottom of the back cover and tiny scrape to the spine. Near fine. 1st copy seen in many years. Scarce.
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75.00 USD

O'Brien, FrederickWhite Shadows In The South Seas Grosset & Dunlap. NY. 1928. Cl.w.dj. Photoplay ed. for the 1st M.G.M. sound film that was orig. directed by Robert Flaherty, who was later replaced by his co-director W.S. Van Dyke. Illus.w. 7 stills. The very pretty deco like dj. has chipp. along the edges & some minute scratching to front. There is also tanning to endsheets. Vg.
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75.00 USD

Southern,Terry & Claxton, WilliamThe Joiurnal Of The Loved One. The Production Log Of A Motion PictureNew York City Random House 1965 First Printing Paper The making of the black comedy that was based on Evelyn Waugh's novel about Los Angeles and the funeral industry. Panned when first released it has since developed a cult following. Notable for the screenplay co written by Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood and the all star cast. Direction by Tony Richardson who had just won a best directing Oscar for Tom Jones. Illustrated with 137 photographs and candids by the noted Jazz photographer William Claxton. One small stain of some kind to one page, maybe caused in the binding, because this appears to be an unread copy which is otherwise in near fine condition.
Price:
75.00 USD